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And the table knocked over with all that was on it to eat and to drink.
Artist
- Name:
- Kaulbach, Wilhelm von
- Dates:
- 1805-1874
- Country:
- Germany
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals, Humor
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- The Harold B. Lee Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Reineke Fuchs
- Author(s):
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
- Publisher:
- Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta’scher Verlag, 1857
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Reynard the Fox runs away from a house with a stolen dish of poultry, cheekily turning around to mock his victim who knocks a table over trying to pursue him as the housekeeper throws her arms up in anger and alarm.
The caption reads in the original German:
Hastig wollte der Pfaffe mir nach und lärmte, da stieß er
Über den Haufen den Tisch mit Speisen und allem Getränke.
The translation provided here is by John Storer Cobb.
Keywords: 1850s, 19th century, anger, black & white, crime, falling, fox, surprise